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Against a deep blue sky, the parliament Hill building is in silhouette with the sun hitting only the Canadian flag flying from the top of the peace tower.

When did Canada become sovereign, really?

Black-and-white illustration of an Victorian-era woman raising a hand toward a child’s bum outdoors.

Why repealing the law on spanking isn’t enough

Carney stands at a podium in front of a blue-and-white Jewish flag.

When Jewish Canadians lose confidence in public safety

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

A sketch of Umar Zameer, the accused, in a grey suit alongside gowned lawyers, in front of a judge and jury.

Oversight fails when police investigate police

An animated image of a person in a laptop computer with a rope pulling a bank card from another laptop.

Build a real financial crimes force to hit terrorist financing

Three cranes working on three towers are in darkened silhouette against a dark blue sky.

B.C.’s Bill 11 improves housing safety, but raises risks for tenants

A man gesticulates talking to a woman, who is holding the bridge of her nose in a pose of stress.

Criminalizing coercive control is necessary, but not enough

Several wings of the brick building are lined with evergreen hedges and small trees. At the top of one three-storey building, a white cross lets people know the hospital is faith-based.

Access to MAiD should not cater to faith-based interests

A photo of Taylor Swift in a red sweater, appearing to look for someone, surrounded by a crowd of people in a football stadium.

Fake porn causes real harm to women

A teenage boy has his hands cuffed behind his back while lying on the ground near a car.

Why do young offenders return to prison?

A colourful long wall is made up of many black-framed squares showing images of people and things.

The missing voices at AI conferences

Boxing week sales should remind us of garment workers’ fight for a living wage

A closeup of a computer screen on an unidentified pornography site.

Will Bill S-210 prevent minors from accessing pornography?

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami suggests I’m a criminal

A person in dark silhouette makes a phonecall.

Snitching is both ineffective and morally wrong

The battle over Inuit identity in Labrador

Dozens of partially built single-family two-storey homes sit tightly packed. Two of them have partial roofs built. Lumber is scattered around three of the houses, which are all clad in wood panels in the beginning stage of construction. A dirt road separates the homes in the foreground from seven homes on the other side of the street-to-be. In the distance is a green space.

The Liberal government’s unshakable support for private housing markets

When is suicide considered “rational”?

Canada needs to stop doing more of the same in Haiti

The building is six storeys high and is covered in a white Tyvek-branded membrane. A metal pole is attached to one wall. A crane lift sits idle next to it. The building has corner balconies and inset balconies. The window frames are black. Tall trees stand nearby.

The double housing crisis needs a potluck approach

In a lab, a pair of hands in blue latex gloves holds an instrument that drops liquid into a clear shallow, round piece of plastic. Above the specimen is a machine with a tube aiming down. A rack holding several small tubes sits nearby.

Dismantling systemic ableism in health research

History isn’t repeating itself on LGBTQ rights. That is concerning.

We see about 20 storeys of two towers, one complete with floor-to-ceiling glass, the other partially finished, with the five upper floors less complete. The balconies on the new building have a decorative material, curved sheets of light grey metal. Taken together, they resemble a pattern of undulating small ocean waves.

Let’s stop calling it a housing crisis

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